Simon Walter <si...@gikaku.com> writes: > I am working on some cdist scripts for setting up some network interfaces. > > So far I am modifying the /etc/network/interfaces and then bring down > and up the interfaces. For a while now /etc/init.d/networking has a > warning that it is deprecated. I understand why. So I issue: > # ip address flush dev xxx && ip link set xxx down > > Which seems to work fine. However, when I try to bring the device back > up with the new config with "ifup xxx" > It fails. If I first issue a "ifdown xxx" then it works.
ifupdown uses a state file (/etc/network/run/ifstate) to record which interfaces are up and ifup refuses to activate an interface recorded as active. You could remove the relevant interface entries manually, however, a more sensible course of action is 1. ifown <iface> 2. modify interfaces definition 3. ifup <iface> In case this would affect an interface used to access the machine, a command sequence like ifdown <iface>; mv interfaces.new interfaces; ifup <iface> can be used. A typo in this command is obviously going have Bad Effects[tm]. > So I have couple questions for those who know about the situation in De*an: > > 1. Is there a plan to move away from ipconfig? ipconfig is a Windows command. ifconfig is part of the net tools package, it has been technically obsolete since 1998 and unmaintained since 2005. I don't believe any plans to stop using it just because of this. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
